ANAHEIM -- Catcher Mike Napoli has the afternoon off, giving him a nice little break after starting every night since last Friday night.

"Nap has been catching a lot. I think it's good to combine that with tomorrow," Mike Scioscia said. "Hopefully, we'll have a good game tonight and not have to use him late. Today and tomorrow will be a good little blow."

Ryan Budde will make his first start of the year for the Angels at catcher.

"He gave him the plate. You can either slide there or take him out," Hunter said. "I thought it was a little too early in the game to take him out. If he slides, he's safe regardless. I guess he was on a mission."

The play happened in the top of the third inning with two outs. Robinson Cano singled to right, and Bobby Abreu's throw was to the right of the first-base line. Wilson was on the first-base side of home to receive the throw, and as he brought his body back to the third-base side of the plate, Teixeira drilled him.

Ervin Santana, the Angels' starting pitcher Friday, said he thought Teixeira was scoring without question because the throw was off line. Santana also said the play might have been retaliation for hitting Teixeia in the first inning.

Apparently, all Robb Quinlan had to do to make the Angels was get through spring training with his health. Mission accomplished.

He apparently made the cut -- despite hitting .176/.236/.255 in a healthy sample of 51 spring at-bats, sixth-most on the squad -- as the third-string third baseman, because I can't find anything else he can do that isn't already covered on the Angels roster.

Third catcher Bobby Wilson can play first base. Juan Rivera has trained there, and played there, in the past. With Wilson on the roster, Quinlan's emergency-catcher ability won't come into play, unless the Angels manage to lose three catchers before Ryan Budde can be recalled.

Virtually any major-league player on two fairly healthy legs can play left field ... at least for a few innings of one game, until someone can be recalled on an emergency basis from Salt Lake.

So, if both Brandon Wood and Maicer Izturis go down, Quinlan will get the call at third base. He will likely spell first baseman Kendry Morales, as needed -- let's just hope that's how it turns out, and not (horrors) like some movie about a small unit in the Vietnam War. That's correct, I refuse to say the P-word.